Milestones: Jul. 20, 1970

Born. To Andre Courreges, 47, Paris couturier and Coqueline Barrière, 35, whom he married secretly in 1965: their first child, a girl; in Paris.

Died. Clinton Rossiter, 52, author and professor of American Institutions at Cornell University; of cardiac arrest; in Ithaca, N.Y. His books included Seedtime of the Republic (1953), The American Presidency (1956) and Marxism: The View From America (1960).

Died. Bjarni Benediktsson, 62, Iceland's Premier since 1963, who embraced social welfare at home and friendship for the U.S. in foreign affairs; with his wife and grandson when their summer home outside...

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